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Novena Beginning March 1, 2013, the first day when the Chair of Peter will be vacant, I encourage you to join in this Worldwide Novena for the Election of the Next Holy Father. Please join Catholic brothers and sisters the world over in the daily praying the Novena Prayer below (or any other prayer to the Holy Spirit that you may prefer) that the Holy Spirit may truly inspire the hearts of the cardinals of the conclave to choose the man that Jesus wants to guide the Church at this precise moment of human history. This Conclave Novena will end on the day the Church and the world hears the words, March 2013 The West Wagga Wag West Wagga Wagga Catholic Parish Ashmont, Collingullie, Glenfield, Lloyd, San Isidore Email: [email protected] Phone: 6931 3601 The due date for the next Wag is: Sunday February 24th. Wag Contacts Coming Events Ho.T Lenten Group: Tues San Isidore Rosary Wed 10 Senior Legion: Weds St Vde Paul: Thurs Lenten Prayer Vigils for Peace: Thurs Parish Film Night: Fri 8 Diaconal Ordination of Stephen Onyekwere: Sat 9 International Women’s Day: Sun 10 Prayers for Healing: Fri 15 2 nd Rite Reconciliation: Mon 18 Solemnity of St Patrick: Mon 18 Solemnity of St Joseph: Tues 19 Passion Sunday: Sun 24 Chrism Mass of the Holy Oils: Mon 25 Holy Thursday: Mar 28 Good Friday: Mar 29 Easter Sunday: Mar 31 Priestly Ordination of Brad Rafter: Apr 5 Divine Mercy: Sun Apr 7 Solemnity of the Annunciation: Mon Apr 8 March Jokes 3 Aussie Seminaries 4 Bishop With 150 Wives 6 Louis Pasteur 8 Inside this issue: Praying for our Next Pope Habemus Papam!” (“We have a Pope!”). Conclave Novena Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, send down your Spirit over the conclave. Let the Holy Spirit inspire the hearts of the cardinals, that they may choose the man most pleasing to You, as Successor of Peter and Your Vicar on Earth. May Mary, Your Mother and Mother of the Church, be our Advocate. Amen. Dr. Mark Miravalle, Professor of Theology and Mariology Adopt a Cardinal Greetings from Germany! We wanted to inform you about an initiative we started yesterday. We made a homepage - www.adoptacardinal.org where you can "adopt" a cardinal to pray for him the time before, during and shortly after the conclave. We are absolutely thrilled that we have already more than 110,000 people praying with us. This afternoon we went live with the English version as well. So if you want to join us in prayer this would be most welcome! If you like the initiative and the webpage we would be delighted if you could pass on the information. Blessed John Paul II, please pray for us!
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  • Novena Beginning March 1, 2013, the first

    day when the Chair of Peter will be

    vacant, I encourage you to join in

    this Worldwide Novena for the

    Election of the Next Holy Father.

    Please join Catholic brothers and

    sisters the world over in the daily

    praying the Novena Prayer below

    (or any other prayer to the Holy

    Spirit that you may prefer) that the

    Holy Spirit may truly inspire the

    hearts of the cardinals of the

    conclave to choose the man that

    Jesus wants to guide the Church at

    this precise moment of human

    history. This Conclave Novena

    will end on the day the Church and

    the world hears the words,

    March 2013

    The West Wagga Wag

    West Wagga Wagga Cathol ic Par i sh Ashmont, Col l ingul l ie, Glenf ield, Lloyd, San I s idore

    Email:

    [email protected]

    Phone: 6931 3601

    The due date for the next Wag is:

    Sunday February 24th.

    Wag Contacts

    Coming Events

    Ho.T Lenten Group: Tues San Isidore Rosary Wed 10

    Senior Legion: Weds

    St Vde Paul: Thurs

    Lenten Prayer Vigils for Peace:

    Thurs

    Parish Film Night: Fri 8

    Diaconal Ordination of Stephen

    Onyekwere: Sat 9 International Women’s Day: Sun 10

    Prayers for Healing: Fr i 15

    2nd

    Rite Reconciliation: Mon 18

    Solemnity of St Patrick: Mon 18

    Solemnity of St Joseph: Tues 19

    Passion Sunday: Sun 24

    Chrism Mass of the Holy Oils:

    Mon 25

    Holy Thursday: Mar 28

    Good Friday: Mar 29

    Easter Sunday: Mar 31

    Priestly Ordination of Brad

    Rafter: Apr 5

    Divine Mercy: Sun Apr 7

    Solemnity of the Annunciation: Mon Apr 8

    March Jokes 3

    Aussie Seminaries 4

    Bishop With 150 Wives 6

    Louis Pasteur 8

    Inside this issue:

    Praying for our Next Pope

    “Habemus Papam!” (“We have a

    Pope!”).

    Conclave Novena Prayer:

    Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the

    Father, send down your Spirit over

    the conclave. Let the Holy Spirit

    inspire the hearts of the cardinals,

    that they may choose the man most

    pleasing to You, as Successor of

    Peter and Your Vicar on

    Earth. May Mary, Your Mother

    and Mother of the Church, be our

    Advocate. Amen.

    Dr. Mark Miravalle,

    Professor of Theology and Mariology

    Adopt a Cardinal Greetings from Germany!

    We wanted to inform you about an

    initiative we started yesterday. We

    made a homepage -

    www.adoptacardinal.org

    where you can "adopt" a cardinal to

    pray for him the time before, during

    and shortly after the conclave.

    We are absolutely thrilled that we

    have already more than 110,000

    people praying with us.

    This afternoon we went live

    with the English version as well. So

    if you want to join us in prayer this

    would be most welcome! If you like

    the initiative and the webpage we

    would be delighted if you could

    pass on the information.

    Blessed John Paul II, please pray for us!

  • “Judge not, that you be not

    judged” (Mt 7:1). When Jesus said

    this he was giving us a real eye

    opener off insight. It seems

    whatever we do unto others comes

    back to bless us or bite us. If we are

    nice to others, they often return the

    favour and even befriend us.

    Conversely, if we are judgmental,

    critical and fault-finding then we

    fall into a different category which

    Jesus, who loves us does not ever

    want for us!

    Because Jesus loves us so much he

    admonished us; “For with the

    judgment you pronounce you will

    be judged, and with the measure

    you use it will be measured to you.

    Why do you see the speck that is in

    your brother's eye, but do not

    notice the log that is in your own

    eye?” (Mt 7:2-5).

    During Lent we are often more

    concerned about going without

    something pleasurable than we are

    about avoiding other hurtful things.

    It is true that too much sugar and

    high living can be both deleterious

    to our health and holiness when it

    is overdone. Yet reigning in our

    wayward pettiness can also be both

    healthy and holy. There are not a

    few vices that we might

    concentrate on during Lent, but I

    thought having a look at being

    judgmental might be helpful.

    It might surprise most people to

    know that God made us to be

    judging people. How then can it be

    so wrong? But of course we are

    wounded by Original Sin and that

    should be enough said! Original sin

    really did mess us up when it

    comes to judging.

    Humanly speaking we have several

    discerning bodily faculties that are

    judging 24/7. Our entire body is one

    big judging organism. It judges hot

    and cold and we act accordingly,

    putting on a jumper or taking it off.

    The food we eat is judged on the

    palette as tasty or not. Our ears

    judge harmony or cacophony;

    melody or dissonance. It seems all

    our five external senses are always

    judging. It is a wholesome and

    beautiful thing to know that the

    body never lies. It always tells the

    truth. It discerns rightly; it is God’s

    gift to which is worth giving our

    attention. Yet listening doesn’t

    mean acting upon. I’d like another

    serve of Pavlova and ice-cream with

    my cup of black tea, but that doesn’t

    make it a good judgment to follow.

    We need to judge intelligently.

    Then there are our four internal

    senses. They really judge! Our

    common sense faculty not only

    brings all our senses together but

    orders them according to

    importance and immediate

    necessity. It is an extraordinary and

    mysterious judge. Memory

    compares with previous

    reminiscences to see which is best.

    The sense faculty of cognitive

    power has no other purpose than to

    judge useful from harmful and as to

    whether something is good for use

    or just plain bad for us, as in the

    case of judging if smelly meat might

    be good for our stomach or not. It

    not only estimates, it actually

    calculates judgments and arrives at

    important healthy conclusions that

    then moves us to or away from

    things throughout everyday life. In

    fact we couldn’t be without this

    faculty and survive. And over and

    above these three important internal

    senses is the imagination which

    similar to memory not only

    compares but also weighs up

    cognitive judgments and after it is

    finished actually presents its

    conclusions as immaterial

    phantasms for the spiritual soul

    which we call our intellect. That’s

    when the real; judging begins,

    especially our conscience which

    judges moral goodness and evil.

    We live in our minds and our

    judgments determine who we are

    and how we act. Whether we are

    people who are judgmental or

    whether we are the people whom

    Jesus wants us to be; namely,

    spiritually discerning.

    A judgmental person is the kind of

    person who goes beyond

    discerning differences in people's

    abilities to making inferences

    about their overall worthiness. To

    a judgmental person, a singer is

    inferior not just on the dimension

    of singing, but is inferior on the

    more fundamental dimension of

    being human as well. The classic

    example is Simon Cowell’s very

    embarrassing pre-judgment of

    Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got

    Talent in 2009. Susan went on to

    wow everyone; to God’s glory!

    ‘Those who are spiritual discern

    all things, and they are themselves

    subject to no one else's scrutiny.

    "For who has known the mind of

    the Lord so as to instruct him?"

    But we have the mind of Christ’ [1

    Cor 2:15-16].

    ‘Judge all things, but hold on to

    whatever is good’ (1 Thes 5:21).

    Fr Gerard

    pastor’s page

    PAGE 2 THE WEST WAGGA WAG

  • PAGE 3 THE WEST WAGGA WAG .

    March Jokes Why do supermarkets make the

    sick walk all the way to the back of

    the store to get their prescriptions

    while healthy people can buy

    cigarettes at the front?

    Why do people order double

    cheeseburgers, large fries, and a

    diet coke?

    Why do banks leave vault doors

    open and then chain the pens to the

    counters?

    Some guy knocked on my door

    today and said, "I have a parcel for

    your next door neighbour."

    I said, "You've got the wrong house

    then mate”

    Paddy phones an ambulance

    because his mate's been hit by a

    car.

    Paddy: 'Get an ambulance here

    quick, he's bleeding from his nose

    and ears and I tink both his legs are

    broken.'

    Operator: 'Your location sir?'

    Paddy: 'Outside number 28

    Eucalyptus Street .....'

    'How do you spell that sir?'

    Silence.... (heavy breathing) and

    after a minute:

    Operator: 'Are you there sir?'

    More heavy breathing and another

    minute later.

    Operator: 'Sir, can you hear me?'

    This goes on for another few

    minutes until....

    Operator: 'Sir, please answer me.

    Can you still hear me?'

    Paddy: 'Yes, sorry about dat... I

    couldn't spell eucalyptus, so I just

    dragged him round to number 3

    Oak Street ...'

    The Sunday School teacher was

    describing how Lot's wife looked

    back and turned into a pillar of salt,

    when little Jason interrupted, 'My

    Mommy looked back once while she

    was driving,' he announced

    triumphantly, 'and she turned into a

    telephone pole!'

    A wife says to her husband, "You're

    always pushing me around and

    talking behind my back."

    He says, "What do you expect?

    You're in a wheel chair!"

    A Sunday school teacher was telling

    her class the story of the Good

    Samaritan. She asked the class, 'If

    you saw a person lying on the

    roadside, all wounded and bleeding,

    what would you do?'

    A thoughtful little girl broke the

    hushed silence, 'I think I'd throw up.'

    A Sunday school teacher asked,

    'Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot

    of fishing when he was on the Ark ?'

    'No,' replied Johnny. 'How could he,

    with just two worms.'

    In a convent in Ireland , the 98-year-

    old Mother Superior lay dying.

    The nuns gathered around her bed

    trying to make her last journey

    comfortable.

    They tried giving her warm milk to

    drink but she refused it. One of the

    nuns took the glass back to the

    kitchen.

    Then, remembering a bottle of Irish

    Whiskey that had been received as a

    gift the previous Christmas, she

    opened it and poured a generous

    amount into the warm milk.

    Back at Mother Superior's bed, they

    held the glass to her lips.

    The frail nun drank a little, then a

    little more and before they knew it,

    she had finished the whole glass

    down to the last drop.

    As her eyes brightened, the nuns

    thought it would be a good

    opportunity to have one last talk

    with their spiritual leader..."

    Mother," the nuns asked earnestly,

    "Please give us some of your

    wisdom before you leave us." She

    raised herself up in bed on one

    elbow, looked at them and said:

    ""DON'T SELL THAT COW."

    A man invites his mate back home

    for dinner. The wife screams at him

    "I've not done my hair, not done my

    make up, not done any housework,

    not done the dishes & can't be

    bothered with cooking ! Why on

    earth did you invite him round?"

    "Cos he's thinking of getting

    married "

    It was time for the final and the

    student was depending upon getting

    at least one right answer on the

    chemistry test.

    The question was "If H2O is water,

    what is H2O4?"

    This was a quick question for most,

    but it took the student some

    thinking time.

    Finally, he wrote down his answer:

    For drinking, washing, and

    cleaning.

    A wife asks her husband,

    "Could you please go shopping for

    me and buy one carton of milk, And

    if they have avocados, get 6."

    A short time later the husband

    comes back with 6 cartons of milk.

    The wife asks him, "Why did you

    buy 6 cartons of milk?"

    He replied, "They had avocados."

  • PAGE 4 THE WEST WAGGA WAG

    The Vocation Renaissance

    Vianney College, Wagga Wagga,

    was the first Australian seminary to

    be reformed (in the early 1990s);

    Brisbane the last, five years ago.

    When Mgr. Anthony Randazzo

    arrived from Rome at the beginning

    of 2009 to become Rector of the

    Holy Spirit Seminary, Banyo he

    was greeted by a mere 4

    seminarians! There was almost

    nowhere to go, but up! Mgr.

    Anthony has explained briefly that

    happened over the next five years:

    “I have just begun my fifth year as

    Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary

    of Queensland. The growth of the

    seminary in those five years has

    been quite remarkable. In 2008, the

    year before I began as Rector, there

    were 4 seminarians. This year I am

    pleased to say that there are 32,

    including six First Years. The

    seminary is full.

    “It has been a rewarding time as I

    have tried to foster a renewed

    culture of Priesthood in the

    Province. When I arrived as Rector,

    the first action I took was to

    introduce Eucharistic Adoration on

    Thursday evenings. It has been

    enthusiastically embraced by all of

    the seminarians. The fruit of this

    prayer is obvious, Deo gratias.

    I am also personally grateful for the

    support that I have received from so

    many faithful Catholics. Above all,

    the prayers of the Catholic people

    have helped sustain the challenging

    task of being responsible for such

    an important ministry in the

    Church.”

    Canali House, Brisbane

    The Director of Vocations in

    Brisbane is Army Chaplain, Fr.

    Morgan Batt, a mountaineer and

    adventurer in his spare time. Fr

    Morgan has developed a residential

    experience of discernment towards

    ordained priesthood at a former

    presbytery at Herston, an inner

    Brisbane suburb. This is called

    Canali House, named after one of

    As the year opens, the Good

    Shepherd Seminary at Homebush

    has 32 men in training, including

    seven First Years. At the second

    Sydney seminary, the Redemptoris

    Mater at Chester Hill, there are 25

    men preparing for the ordained

    ministry, of whom four are joining

    this year. Overall, 5 men from

    both seminaries are preparing to be

    ordained by later this year.

    It is good that older Catholics

    realize this as, in many areas, they

    worship in ‘greying’ congregations

    – with few if any younger people to

    be seen. However, we can capture

    this experience of rising seminary

    numbers from another angle.

    Normally, each August there is the

    National Inter-Seminary Soccer

    Tournament. Last year, Corpus

    Christi Seminary, Melbourne

    hosted over 200 young men from

    the seminaries on the Australian

    east coast at this annual event

    which affirms their vocations and

    gives the seminarians a sense of the

    significant numbers of men

    preparing for the priestly ministry.

    In 2013, this event clashes with

    World Youth Day, Rio de Janeiro ,

    and will not be held as many

    seminarians are going to Brazil for

    the World Youth Day.

    Meanwhile, in the Parramatta

    diocese, at the Holy Spirit

    Seminary in the suburb of St.

    Mary’s there are twelve

    seminarians, four of whom have

    just entered to commence training.

    Corpus Christi College,

    Melbourne

    The numbers are also encouraging

    Brisbane ’s pioneering priests, Father

    Joseph Canali.

    Canali House enables young men to

    explore their vocations while sharing

    daily life with others testing the call.

    Along with himself as Director, the

    men share in meals, prayer,

    Eucharist, pastoral work, sports and

    household living while going around

    their regular work often in tertiary

    studies or working in the community.

    At the end of their time residents will

    make a commitment to enter Holy

    Spirit Seminary, Banyo, continue

    discerning, or explore other

    vocational options.

    In addition, Canali House welcomes

    other men who are discerning their

    vocations to a monthly forum called

    “Consilium”. This forum is held on

    the first Thursday of the month and

    those attending share an evening of

    Mass, a meal and a meeting. The

    Archdiocese of Brisbane was a late

    starter in a systematic search for

    vocations; it is now a pace setter!

    At the moment there are thirty-two

    seminarians at Holy Spirit, Banyo

    and of these six are First Years for

    2013. Canali House has seven

    residents in discernment.

    Meanwhile, in Sydney,

    Vocations Flourish

    In fact, vocations are ‘on a roll’

    around Australia , and all of the

    seminaries report good numbers.

    Since World Youth Day, Sydney,

    2008, Cardinal George Pell has

    ordained some 25 men for the

    Archdiocese, from the Good

    Shepherd Seminary at Homebush and

    the Redemptoris Mater Seminary at

    Chester Hill.

    Australian Seminaries ...

  • PAGE 5 THE WEST WAGGA WAG

    On the Tiwi Islands, north of

    Darwin, where Fr Francis Gsell was

    working, it was Tiwi custom for

    girls to be promised in marriage to

    older men, sometimes even before

    they were born. Men were able to

    have as many wives as they could

    support.

    Girls were usually handed over at

    the age of 14. Fr Gsell accepted this

    dispersed with a treasure trove

    including blankets, flour, a knife,

    an axe, tobacco and tins of meat

    and Fr Gsell was left with a

    vulnerable, relieved young woman

    whom he had promised to look

    after.

    Martina was to become Fr Gsell’s

    first “wife” and, once the news

    spread, many families approached

    the priest to accept more young

    women into his custody, including

    a four-day-old baby.

    The girls were placed into the care

    of Sisters who now lived in the

    Mission and his “wives” numbered

    150 by the time Fr Gsell left in

    1938.

    tradition and never

    challenged it.

    However, when a

    young girl, Martina,

    came to him with a

    spear through her

    leg and an angry

    mob close behind,

    he knew that he

    could no longer be a cultural

    bystander – Martina’s life depended

    on what happened next.

    In a moment of inspiration, Fr Gsell

    approached the angry mob, including

    the husband, and began long

    deliberations that would change the

    Tiwis’ marriage traditions from that

    day on.

    Eventually, the appeased mob

    The Bishop with 150 Wives

    at Corpus Christi College in

    Melbourne . There are 52

    seminarians in residence. Of these

    52, there are 34 are preparing for

    the Archdiocese of Melbourne, six

    for Sandhurst ( Bendigo ) and five

    for Sale . The remainder are from

    other Australian dioceses and one is

    from the Archdiocese of Hanoi ! In

    fact, 8 men commenced training

    this year; 6 from Melbourne and 1

    each from Sale and Sandhurst .

    There are also 3 men studying for

    the ordained ministry at the North

    American College in Rome and 2

    deacons in Melbourne are awaiting

    ordination to the priesthood later

    this year.

    Of course, the seminarians

    throughout the country reflect the

    changing face of multi-cultural

    Australian Catholicism. Many

    ‘traditional’ Australians whose

    family backgrounds are in Ireland ,

    Britain or in Western Europe tend

    to forget that immigration over the

    last 20 years has brought increasing

    numbers of Vietnamese, Filipinos,

    south Asians and Africans to

    Australia .

    Many of these recent arrivals are

    The enthusiasm for vocation is

    reflected in the increased numbers

    of young men seeking admission to

    some Religious Orders and

    Congregations

    Father Tony Percy, Rector of the

    Good Shepherd Seminary at

    Homebush says that these

    increasing numbers will gradually

    address the challenge of the priest

    shortage in Australia . There is

    definitely a renewed interest in the

    Church and in the priesthood,’ he

    says. ‘World Youth Days in

    Sydney 2008 and Madrid 2011

    have helped.’ World Youth Day,

    Rio de Janeiro , Brazil this year

    should accelerate the trend.

    Catholics – especially those from the

    Philippines , Vietnam and south

    Sudan . Hence, some young men of

    Vietnamese, Filipino and African

    background are in the seminaries!

    Wagga Wagga

    Meanwhile, there are another 23

    seminarians at Vianney College , the

    Diocesan seminary in Wagga, NSW.

    Among the 23 are 6 young men who

    commenced studies recently. At

    Wagga, there are candidates from

    Lismore and Armidale as well.

    At St Charles Seminary in Perth ,

    there are 20 men in training

    including six who commenced

    training this year. Five of the older

    seminarians are studying in Rome .

    At the Redemptoris Mater

    (Neocatechumentate) Seminary also

    in Perth , there are 17 students for the

    priesthood, including four men who

    commenced training recently.

    At the second Perth seminary, the

    Redemptoris Mater, Rector, Father

    Michael Moore has eighteen men

    preparing for the priesthood, of

    whom four have just commenced

    their preparation.

    Blessed with Vocations!

  • PAGE 6 THE WEST WAGGA WAG

    Effective immediately, please

    be aware that there are changes you

    need to make in your life. These

    changes need to be completed in order

    that I may fulfil my promises to you --

    to grant you peace, joy and happiness

    in this life. I apologize for any

    inconvenience, but after all that I am

    doing this seems very little to ask of

    you. I know, I already gave you the 10

    Commandments. Keep them. But

    follow these guidelines, also.

    1. QUIT WORRYING

    Life has dealt you a blow and all you

    do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten

    that I am here to take all your burdens

    and carry them for you? Or do you just

    enjoy fretting over every little thing

    that comes your way?

    2. PUT IT ON THE LIST

    Something needs to be done or taken

    care of. Put it on the list. No, not

    YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do list. Let

    ME be the one to take care of the

    problem. I can't help you until you turn

    it over to me. And although my to-do-

    list is long, I am after all, God. I can

    take care of anything you put into my

    hands. In fact, if the truth were ever

    really known, I take care of a lot of

    things for you that you never even

    realize.

    3. TRUST ME

    Once you've given your burdens to me,

    quit trying to take them back. Trust in

    me. Have the faith that I will take care

    of all your needs, your problems and

    your trials. Problems with the kids?

    Put them on my list. Problem with

    finances? Put it on my list. Problems

    much trouble just doing your simple

    part. How hard can trust be?

    7. SHARE

    You were taught to share when you

    were only two years old. When did you

    forget? That rule still applies. Share

    with those who are less fortunate than

    you. Share your joy with those who

    need encouragement. Share your

    laughter with those who haven't heard

    any in such a long time. Share your

    tears with those who have forgotten

    how to cry. Share your faith with those

    who have none.

    8. BE PATIENT

    I managed to fix it so in just one

    lifetime you could have so many

    diverse experiences. You grow from a

    child to an adult, have children, change

    jobs many times, learn many trades,

    travel to so many places, meet

    thousands of people, and experience so

    much. How can you be so impatient

    then when it takes me a little longer

    than you expect to handle something on

    my to-do-list? Trust in my timing, for

    my timing is perfect. Just because I

    created the entire universe in only six

    days, everyone thinks I should always

    rush, rush, rush.

    9. BE KIND

    Be kind to others, for I love them just

    as much as I love you. They may not

    dress like you, or talk like you, or live

    the same way you do, but I still love

    you all. Please try to get along, for my

    sake. I created each of you different in

    some way. It would be too boring if

    you were all identical. Please know I

    love each of your differences.

    with your emotional roller coaster? For

    my sake, put it on my list. I want to

    help you. All you have to do is ask.

    4. LEAVE IT ALONE

    Don't wake up one morning and say,

    "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now,

    I think I can handle it from here." Why

    do you think you are feeling stronger

    now? It's simple. You gave me your

    burdens and I'm taking care of them. I

    also renew your strength and cover you

    in my peace. Don't you know that if I

    give you these problems back, you will

    be right back where you started? Leave

    them with me and forget about them.

    Just let me do my job.

    5. TALK TO ME

    I want you to forget a lot of things.

    Forget what was making you crazy.

    Forget the worry and the fretting

    because you know I'm in control. But,

    there's one thing I pray you never

    forget. Please don't forget to talk

    to me - OFTEN! I love you. I want to

    hear your voice. I want you to include

    me in on the things going on in your

    life. I want to hear you talk about your

    friends and family. Prayer is simply

    you having a conversation with me. I

    want to be your dearest friend.

    6. HAVE FAITH

    I see a lot of things from up here that

    you can't see from where you are. Have

    faith in me that I know what I'm doing.

    Trust me, you wouldn't want the view

    from my eyes. I will continue to care

    for you, watch over you, and meet your

    needs. You only have to trust me.

    Although I have a much bigger task

    than you, it seems as if you have so

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    A Quote from Louis Pasteur

    “When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments;

    tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.”

    Humble enough to be seen as Catholic/

    A young man entered the coach of a

    train in a small university town in

    France. The ink was scarcely dry on

    his newly acquired diploma.

    As the train sped off for Paris, he

    took his seat in the rear of the coach

    near an elderly gentleman who

    seemed to be dozing. As the train

    suddenly lurched, a string of rosary

    beads fell from his hand. The young

    man picked up the rosary and

    handed it to the elderly gentleman

    with the remark, "I presume you are

    praying, sir?"

    "You are right. I was praying."

    "I am surprised," said the young

    fellow, "that in this day and age

    there is someone who is still so

    benighted and superstitious. Our

    professors at the university do not

    believe in such things," and he

    proceeded to "enlighten" his elderly

    fellow-passenger.

    The old man expressed surprise and

    amazement.

    "Yes," continued the young man,

    "today enlightened people don't

    believe in such nonsense."

    "You don't say!" replied the old

    man.

    "Yes, sir, and if you wish, I can send

    you some illuminating books."

    "Very well," said the old man,

    preparing to leave as the train came

    to a stop. "You may send them to

    the faith of the Breton peasant's

    wife."

    Pasteur once said:

    "Posterity will one day laugh at the

    sublime foolishness of the modern

    materialistic philosophy. The more I

    study nature, the more I stand

    amazed at the work of the Creator. I

    pray while I am engaged at my work

    in the laboratory."

    Listen, O Catholic Scientists! Hear

    this great man. Are you carrying -

    and using - your rosary? Are you

    ready to speak about this matter? Or

    have you been too devoted to your

    work to forget these words which

    Pasteur took to heart:

    Seek ye therefore first the kingdom

    of God, and his justice, and all these

    things shall be added unto you. [Mt

    6:33]

    Perhaps if you do, your name too

    will be as ubiquitous as Pasteur.

    this address." He handed the young

    man a card, which read:

    Louis Pasteur

    Director of the Institute of Scientific

    Research

    Paris

    Yes, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) an

    exceedingly great scientist, a devout

    Catholic, a Frenchman, a

    father...one of the great heroes of

    humanity.

    Here is some of his work:

    1848, Molecular Dissymmetry.

    1857, Fermentations.

    1862, So-called Spontaneous

    Generation.

    1863, Studies in Wine.

    1865, Diseases of Silk Worms.

    1871, Studies in Beer.

    1877, Virulent Microbic Diseases.

    1880, Vaccinating Viruses.

    1885, Prophylaxis of Rabies.

    Pasteur's place among the masters

    of science is certain beyond cavil,

    and equally certain is it that he was

    till the end a faithful and fervent

    Catholic. In his later years he was in

    the habit of approaching the

    sacraments very frequently: "He

    gave up his soul to God at the last,

    clasping in his hands his little

    copper cross, and repeating

    fervently a confession of faith and

    hope." It is related that a student

    once asked him how it was that,

    after so much reflection and

    research, he could remain a

    believer. "It is just because I have

    thought and sought so much"

    replied Pasteur, "that I believe with

    the faith of a Breton peasant. If I

    had thought more and studied more

    I would have come to believe with

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